Corn Festival entries build toward 25th Grundy County event
Grundy County residents prepare for the 25th Grundy County Corn Festival with events on September 28 29 and 30. Crackerbox Derby co chairmen Harold Guehler and Jim Leonard expect 65 plus cars, with safety inspection and prizes for top finishes. The Kiddie Parade will feature 200 plus participants judged by the Women of the Moose. Floats in Civic Home Made and Professional categories are being organized by Chamber of Commerce volunteers. Volunteers are urged to contact the chamber at 942 0113 to help with photo shows and other activities.
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Grundy County
Crackerbox
Harold Guehler
Jim Leonard
Gould Park
K of C
Franklin School
First National Bank
Morris Savings and Loan
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Seamen
Condemnation Trial Over 1.2 Acres Along U.S. 6 Near Morris
A Grundy County jury heard opening statements in a 1.2 acre condemnation case against land owned by Dean Briscoe along U.S. 6. The state seeks $3,500 based on eminent domain for road improvements while Briscoe seeks higher compensation reflecting overall farm value and damages to the remainder. Associate Judge Robert Wren presides.
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Grundy County
Dean Briscoe
U.S. 6
Briscoe
John Peterson
State of Minors Department of Transportation
Thomas R. Judd
Herald
US. 6
Morris
Illinois
Judd
Atty
Peterson
Ej&e
Northern Illinois Gas
AMAX
Robert Wren
Attorney Harrington Joins Hynds Law Firm
Philip E. Harrington joins Hynds & Hynds as an associate. He holds a Northwestern Law degree (1971) and a Marquette BSBA (1967). He clerked for Justice Adesko (Illinois Appellate Court) 1971–1973 and is admitted in Illinois and the Northern District of Illinois. He and wife Karla reside Morris Illinois.
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William Lynds
John W. Hynds
Philip E. Harrington
Harrington
Marquette University
Northwestern University School of Law
Hynds & Hynds
Thaddeus V. Adesko
Illinois Appellate Court
Illinois
United States District Court
Northern District of Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Karla
Fulton St
Morris
Chicago
Northwestern University
Loyola University
Deadline Tight for Grundy Tax Second Installment
Grundy County taxpayers must submit the second installment at the county treasurer’s office by Friday or by noon Saturday at any county bank. Treasurer Pauline Coleman reports 55 percent received by Aug. 15. first distributions to taxing bodies start Sept. 29 with remainder in November. Affidavits for personal property taxes are still accepted, with sole ownership required for refunds.
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Grundy County
Pauline Coleman
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Through Thursday
Forecast calls for mostly sunny today with highs in the lower 70s and a not so cool night with lows in the mid 50s. Thursday should be mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 70s. Tuesday peaked at 78 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 50 degree low. At 7 a.m. today the temperature was 53 degrees and downtown Morris recorded 67 degrees at 10:25 a.m.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Minooka unit district petition filed under new Illinois bill
A new Minooka community school district petition was filed at 4 28 p m with Grundy County educator Arthur Meadors. Signed by 257 residents it covers land in Grundy Kendall and Will counties including areas of three current districts. Meadors will review the petition and the new bill before deciding on next steps.
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Dan Walker
Minooka Community
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Will
Channahon Township
Meadors
Boyd R. Bucher
Will County Educational Service Region
Illinois Spreme Court
Will County
Minooka
Will County Board of School Trustees
School board debates gym dress rules and tax plans
Morris Grade School District weighs loosening strict gym uniforms after a parent protest led by Mrs. Sue Morse. Board members consider alternatives while preparing to receive half the year’s tax money and reviewing a $700400 levy for 1973 74.
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Morris
Bill
Sue) Morse
Plaza Dr
Board of Education
Norval
Jacquelin) Galloway
Barr
Keating
Warland Bus Service
Joliet
Grundy County Board Approves Rezoning Near Morris
The Grundy County Board approved rezoning eight acres on the east side of Illinois 47, south of Morris, from agricultural to B II commercial for Bower Homes model homes. The session also authorized bids for a three quarter ton pickup and a squad car, approved a 112217 health department budget, and drew nine hundred jurors for the year.
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Grundy
John Hynds
Zoning Board of Appeals
Illinois 47
Morris
Bower Homes
County Highways Committee
Highway Department
Bill Button
Health Department
Cca
Van overturns injuring driver in Grundy County crash
Loyal L. Collins, 57, of 1005 McCameron Street Lockport, was listed in satisfactory condition at Silver Cross Hospital Joliet after his Chevrolet van flipped into a ditch on Pine Bluff Road near Goose Lake Road. The crash occurred at 2 25 p m Tuesday when traffic ahead slowed to turn. Collins swerved left and the van tipped, spilling Fritos from the back. No tickets were issued.
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Lockport
Loyal L. Collins
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Coal City
Pine Bluff Road
Illinois 47
Herald
McCameron St
Pine Bluff Rd
Goose Lake Rd
Grundy County
William Button
Collins
Boy 2 Missing After Short Walk With Dog Leads to Search
Jeffery Stapleton age two from Plaza Drive Pebble Beach subdivision wandered off with his mixed breed Pewee, prompting a Morris Fire Department search. A neighbor located the boy about a half mile away near the Weaver residence in Hollenbeck's subdivision within ten minutes.
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Jeffery Stapleton
Plaza Dr
Pebble Beach
Pewee
Wayne
Judith) Stapleton
Gardner-South Wilmington selects four festival finalists
Students at Gardner-South Wilmington High School chose four candidates for Grundy County Corn Festival Queen. Denise Alderson Trudi Peterson Joy Granger and Patti Smolik, all from South Wilmington, with one later to be named queen during Friday Sept 28 Corn Festival events.
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Gardner
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Grundy County
Denise Alderson
John Alderson
South Wilmington
Trudi Peterson
Harry Peterson
South
Wilmington
Joy Granger
Elmer Granger
Patti Smolik
Frank Smolik
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Robert Schneider
Philip Harrington
Hynds
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Minooka Unit
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Trinity School
New Lenox
Deborah Greenwell
Carol Wash
Margaret E. Buechler
Carol Collins
Shabbona
Ruth Malone
Morris Community High School
Dorothy Button
Doris Heermann
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